computer scientist
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computer scientists
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The computer scientist behind groundbreaking research that helped land Nasa's astronauts on the Moon, has died aged 90.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Felix Heide, a German-born engineer and computer scientist at Princeton University who regularly returns to Munich for Oktoberfest, said he could not understand the attraction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Former Google researcher Geoffrey Hinton and fellow computer scientist Yoshua Bengio led the warnings about AI's threats in the months after the release of ChatGPT in 2022, which kickstarted the latest AI frenzy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He is not a computer scientist, and he is not exactly known for holding accurate views of how artificial intelligence actually works.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Even though he's sort of handsome now, he's still a numbers geek who wants to be a computer scientist.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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